Paper box and the like



' PAPER BOX AND THE} LIKE 7 Filed Jame; 1925 2 Shets-Sheet 1 35 box in display position.

blanks illustrated in i V Patented Feb. 58,1927.

Smea BEBGSTEIN; CEMIDDLET6WN.,0HI0 assiescs 30 IHEIMEB' I ME) me BOX-GQIYJEPANYYOF IHDDLE'WWE; OHIO- Y "r p neationffilea January 26,'192 5. "Serial No. 4,796.

be adjusted to display their: contents.

Boxes or, this "character are nowgbe ng i used in greatxquantities, and "the conditions. governing the r production, 'ClIStIIbLltIQH; and

use arefbecoming increasingly important.

To enable the box n'ianuiacturer to comaete'inthe sale o t'his=product,the boxes must 1o be adapted for :low cost productio n with the ininimuniflin laborcost andin waste of PaperstOCk "from which the boxblanks are out.

To this end my 'improi 'edbox is designed to adapt the-blanks from which the boxes are made to be cut .w'ithlittleor no waste;

the boxes areadapted to be cheaply made'by I v v g are-formed nto aninvertedfitriangularhand, alsoon large production orders by antomatic'or' seml-autom'atlc machinery. The nnproved box 13 also convenient to set-up toreceive its contents and to be adjusted to dis play the same, as on a counter or table. Inthe accompanying drawings: Figs. 1 and 2 illustrate'the stock blanks from which the boxes are made in two forms; I

Fig. 3 is a side view of the box closed; Fig. 4 is a sectional 'view of the box set up; Fig. 5 is anend View of the box set up; Figs. 6 and? illustrate modifications of construction; j Fig. 8 is a detail View of the bottom of the .box showing the arrangement or the parts which form the pedestal for supporting the The two forms of 7 Figs. 1 and2 are substantially identical, ex-

7 cept that one blank is forv a box adapted to be set-up for display endwise, and the other for a box to be set-up side-wise. Thus a de' tailed description of but one blank willbe suflicient for an understanding of the novel features of construction. i

The form shown in all the figures of the drawing, except Fig. 2, is for a box to be set up endwise,the blank being shown induplicate to illustrate the manner of cutting the stock to prevent waste of material.

As here shown, the box blank comprises a 0 bottom portion 1, opposite side portions 2, ornamental side border or flap portions 3, a lid composed of portions 4,- 5 and 6, an end composed of portions 7, 8, 9 and 10, an opposite end composed of portions 11,12 and 13, and 2 part a"pedestalcomposed o-fpor-tions 14, 15 and] 16. -;To efi'ect interlocking of the severalparts onefwith another as the box isset up,

9 is provided with an irregularshaped slot or keeper 17, and 10 with an' insert flap l8 ada'pted to interlock with slot '17 part i 12- with a slot 19 and part llwithanjnsert flap 21 adapted to interlock with slot: 19,-F-:the'

flap 21 being:- adapted to" be foldedto' permit the flap -to enter' is providedwith atonguefllti having 'opposite tabs' 16? withfclearancenotches 16 between the tabs and part 14c, .th tabs 16 being slot 19, and to' b'e -then. opened to retain the fiap in' th'e' slot ;j part l4 adapted to coa'ct with/opposite slotsl22 in V the bottom of the'box, as best shown in" Fig.

8. 'Itwil'l beobserved that parts H and 15 shaped b'ase or pedestal," best shownin ig.

i, which acts to support the box .at a suitable g support the triangular base, tabs -16 are angle to display its contents. To stifien and adapted to be inserted into opposite slots 22 with notches 1 6 engaging the outer edges of the slots, as illustrated in Fig. 8 It will :be observed'that slots 22 are inclined inwardly, one toward the other towardthe rear of,

the box, and that each slot has ail-outwardly inclined terminal 22 which actsto interlock Wltll. thenotchesf16 when the pedestal. is formed. WVhen the box is closed normally,

that is to say, with the pedestal flap 14.-15

extended parallel with the bottom of the box, as illustrated in-Fig. 3, and in the dotted outline of the flap in Fig. 8, tabs l6 will be in engagement with slots 22 at a point farthest removed from the rear end of the box.

Thus when it'is desirable to adjust the box I as a'result of the inward inclination ofxslots 22 which act to compress or buckle part 14; more or'less as parts 14. 15 are adjusted and notches 16*,slide along in slots 22, with the result that an interlocking relation between1616 and 22 will be effected upon I 1 7 shape when slots 16 and 22 arev brought.

part 14 being restored to its normal or fiat into register.

Part 15, as here shown provided a tab 23 which acts-to stiffen the triangular 7 base l t-'15 rearwardly and thus to maintain the same more or less accurately in normal relation.

Figs. 6 and 7 illustrate modifications of,

construction of the box set up sidewise for ,displ'ay,the modifications relating to a dif-' fereut arrangementfor interlocking the ends of the box, as shown in Fig. 6, and in a double pedestal arrangement, as shown in vFig. 7. The modified end construction represents common practice, and the double pedestal arrangement is substantially the same as that'described in connection with the single pedestal box.

From the detailed description and the drawings my invention will'be easily understood. I claim:

1. A paper folding box including in combination with bottom and side portions, said bottom portion having opposite slots inclined one-toward the other rearwardlyof the box, end portions extended from said side portions, avflap. extended from the bottom portion intermediate the end'parts, said parts being adapted to be folded onerelative to another to form an endof the box, and

,a part arranged intermediate said endparts in the plane ofsaid' bottom'part and having bination with bottom and side portions, said bottom portion having opposite slots inclined one toward the other rearwardly of the box, end portions extended from said side portions, a flap extended from the bottom port-ion intermediate the end parts, said parts beingadapted to be folded one relative to another toforni an end of-the box, and a part arranged intermediate said end parts in the plane of said'bottom part and having opposite'tabs and notches acting to engage'the slots in said bottom, said intermediate part being adapted to beshaped into a pedestal with said tabs and notches V acting to engage and slide rearwardly in said slots andinterlock with the bottom as the pedestal is adjusted under the box,

In testimony whereof, I 'afiixmy signature.

] SAMUEL 'BERGSTEIN, 

